Allows Attorney General to pursue civil action against pro-life pregnancy resource centers
By Guy Page
S.37, a bill shielding abortion and transgender service providers from legal challenges while pregnancy resource centers are exposed to civil actions brought by the Vermont Attorney General, received preliminary approval from the Vermont House by a 115-17 margin Thursday evening.
S. 37, already approved by the Senate, received final approval today by a 114-24 tally. It is supported by Gov. Phil Scott.
All but one of the No votes were by Republicans – the sole exception was Rep. Dennis LaBounty of Lyndon. Those voting No on third and final reading were:
Brennan of Colchester
Burditt of West Rutland
Canfield of Fair Haven
Clifford of Rutland City
Dickinson of St. Albans Town
Hango of Berkshire
Higley of Lowell
Labor of Morgan
LaBounty of Lyndon
Marcotte of Coventry
Mattos of Milton
McCoy of Poultney
Morgan of Milton
Morrissey of Bennington
Oliver of Sheldon
Parsons of Newbury
Peterson of Clarendon
Sammis of Castleton
Shaw of Pittsford
Taylor of Milton
Williams of Granby
Wilson of Lyndon
Branagan of Georgia
Laroche of Franklin
Those voting Yes (including seven Republicans) were:
Graning of Jericho
Sims of Craftsbury
Small of Winooski
Andrews of Westford
Andriano of Orwell
Anthony of Barre City
Arrison of Weathersfield
Arsenault of Williston
Austin of Colchester
Bartholomew of Hartland
Bartley of Fairfax
Beck of St. Johnsbury
Berbeco of Winooski
Black of Essex
Bluemle of Burlington
Bongartz of Manchester
Bos-Lun of Westminster
Boyden of Cambridge
Brady of Williston
Brown of Richmond
Brownell of Pownal
Brumsted of Shelburne
Burke of Brattleboro
Burrows of West Windsor
Buss of Woodstock
Campbell of St. Johnsbury
Carpenter of Hyde Park
Carroll of Bennington
Casey of Montpelier
Chapin of East Montpelier
Chase of Chester
Chase of Colchester
Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown Springs
Christie of Hartford
Cina of Burlington
Coffey of Guilford
Cole of Hartford
Conlon of Cornwall
Corcoran of Bennington
Cordes of Lincoln
Demrow of Corinth
Dodge of Essex
Dolan of Essex Junction
Dolan of Waitsfield
Durfee of Shaftsbury
Elder of Starksboro
Emmons of Springfield
Farlice-Rubio of Barnet
Galfetti of Barre Town
Garofano of Essex
Goldman of Rockingham
Goslant of Northfield
Gregoire of Fairfield
Harrison of Chittenden
Holcombe of Norwich
Hooper of Randolph
Houghton of Essex Junction
Howard of Rutland City
Hyman of South Burlington
James of Manchester
Jerome of Brandon
Kornheiser of Brattleboro
Krasnow of South Burlington
Lalley of Shelburne
LaLonde of South Burlington
LaMont of Morristown
Lanpher of Vergennes
Leavitt of Grand Isle
Lipsky of Stowe
Long of Newfane
Maguire of Rutland City
Masland of Thetford
McCann of Montpelier
McCarthy of St. Albans City
McFaun of Barre Town
McGill of Bridport
Mihaly of Calais
Minier of South Burlington
Morris of Springfield
Mrowicki of Putney
Mulvaney-Stanak of Burlington
Nicoll of Ludlow
Notte of Rutland City
Noyes of Wolcott
Nugent of South Burlington
O’Brien of Tunbridge
Ode of Burlington
Pajala of Londonderry
Patt of Worcester
Pouech of Hinesburg
Priestley of Bradford
Rachelson of Burlington
Rice of Dorset
Roberts of Halifax
Satcowitz of Randolph
Scheu of Middlebury
Sheldon of Middlebury
Sibilia of Dover
Squirrell of Underhill
Stebbins of Burlington
Stevens of Waterbury
Stone of Burlington
Surprenant of Barnard
Taylor of Colchester
Templeman of Brownington
Toleno of Brattleboro
Toof of St. Albans Town
Torre of Moretown
Troiano of Stannard
Walker of Swanton
Waters Evans of Charlotte
White of Bethel
Whitman of Bennington
Williams of Barre City